Jessica Pugh

Jessica Pugh (born 17 March 1997) is a badminton player from England. She joined the national junior team in 2008, and selected to the senior team in 2015. She had won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Poland, also helped the team winning the silver medal.[1] She won her first senior international tournament when she was 16 years old in Hungarian International.[2] Pugh was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[3]

Jessica Pugh
Personal information
Birth nameJessica Rose Pugh
Country England
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997
Telford, Shropshire, England
ResidenceMilton Keynes, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachNathan Robertson
Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD 21 June 2018)
21 (XD 28 June 2018)
Current ranking422 (WD), 27 (XD) (10 September 2019)
BWF profile

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
Ben Lane Frederik Søgaard Mortensen
Sara Lundgaard
16–21, 21–23 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Slovenia International Cheryl Seinen Chloe Birch
Sarah Walker
20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2016 Romanian International Cheryl Seinen Goh Yea Ching
Peck Yen Wei
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2016 Iceland International Sarah Walker Chloe Birch
Jenny Wallwork
21–10, 10–21, 21–17 Winner
2015 Polish International Chloe Birch Clara Nistad
Emma Wengberg
16–21, 21–6, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Belgian International Ben Lane Mikkel Mikkelsen
Amalie Magelund
21–12, 21–15 Winner
2019 Spanish International Ben Lane Mathias Bay-Smidt
Rikke Søby Hansen
21–13, 24–26, 21–18 Winner
2019 Polish Open Ben Lane Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue
21–17, 21–15 Winner
2017 Italian International Ben Lane Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith
16–21, 21–19, 21–4 Winner
2016 Spanish International Ben Lane Gaetan Mittelheisser
Emilie Lefel
21–14, 15–21, 21–14 Winner
2016 Dutch International Ben Lane Alexander Bond
Ditte Søby Hansen
21–19, 21–23, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Slovak Open Ben Lane Do Tuan Duc
Pham Nhu Thao
18–21, 21–13, 21–12 Winner
2014 Hungarian International Ben Lane Jakub Bitman
Alzbeta Basova
11–4, 11–10, 11–7 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Opportunity for Euro Junior medallists to shine". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. "Jess Pugh". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. "Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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